Senior Budget Analyst/Cost Estimator

XMSTART is looking to add an experienced and strategic full-time Senior Budget Analyst/Cost Estimator to our team in Chantilly, VA. This position is 100% onsite in support of the Budget and Financial Management team.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
• 10 years of experience and/or 5 years with the NRO
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Knowledge of the IC budgetary principles and procedures
• Advanced proficiency and knowledge of Microsoft Office Products and standard computer applications

Responsibilities

• Assist PMs with generating cost estimates
• Compile draft budgets in coordination with PMs and managers
• Develop budget justification products, to include Congressional Budget Justification Book (CBJB) text and briefing packages
• Compile Government travel budgets and plans
• Assist PMs with generating annual financial execution plans
• Accept incoming Military Inter-Departmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs) and funding redirection actions
• Generate RCAs to fund acquisition contracts
• Maintain records for Requests for Contract Actions (RCAs)
• Assist PMs with generating and coordinating Interagency Agreements (IAs)
• Generate outgoing MIPRs and funding redirection actions
• Assist PMs with evaluating vendor proposal cost volumes
• Track financial metrics (e.g., commitments, obligations, expenditures, and outlays) against approved budgets, contract values, execution plans, and organizational goals
• Generate and brief financial reports to leadership
• Generate and provide detailed financial reports to PMs
• Transfer funding between programs in accordance with governance policies, procedures, and management oversight
• Track Government travel fund execution
• Evaluate the various contractors' financial reporting and recommend feedback
• Other ad-hoc budget related activities that might arise

Skills

• Excellent negotiation, oral, and written communication skills
• Experience in contract risk management and negotiation
• Strong written correspondence skills
• Ability to synthesize complex financial contractual requirements
• Ability to communicate to internal/external collaborators with different backgrounds and disciplines
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Strong organizational skill and ability to handle a fluctuating workload and multiple priorities
• Deliver on commitments; be reliable, highly organized and structured, risk sensitive, agile and creative